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Resilient urban form to pandemics: Lessons from COVID-19.

Azadeh Lak, Shideh Shakouri Asl, Ali Maher

2020PubMed43 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

As the pandemic's disruptions influence the citizens' lifestyle dramatically, the prominent role of place characteristics in the outbreak of pandemics, policymakers, urban planners, and urban designers should be pulled together to make urban areas more resilient places for epidemics and pandemics.

Topics & Concepts

PandemicPreparednessEmergency managementEnvironmental planningPublic healthGeographyPolitical scienceResilience (materials science)BusinessEnvironmental resource managementPublic relationsEconomic growthCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Infectious disease (medical specialty)MedicineDiseaseEconomicsThermodynamicsLawNursingPhysicsPathologyCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesCOVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsCOVID-19 impact on air quality